Olga Stefanishina is a former European and Euro -Euro Minister -Atlantic union of Ukraine – Ukraine’s justice minister.
President Vladimir Zelensky signed an order to the appointment of an ex-vice-prime minister to the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine’s Olga Stepanishiish ambassador in the United States. Zelensky thanked Oksana Markarov, who represents Ukraine in Washington throughout the year of the whole war. The President mentioned that he suggested Markarova and continues to stay with the team
Stephanishina’s work
“I have identified the main tasks to update the work of our embassy, and most importantly -to fully enforce all the agreements with Washington -our agreements with President Trump, and mainly in the defense sector. Long -timely -interacting with America, Ukraine’s long -term security is dependent.”
At the table – two Ukrainian measures, these are strong offers. It is an agreement with weapons for Ukraine, it is an agreement with modern drones for the United States. And we rely on a quick movement in a relationship, ”Zelensky said.
In July, Zelensky appointed Stefanishin a special authorized person by the President of Ukraine in developing cooperation in the United States of America.
“In this status, Olga will work not to lose speed in American relations, while all the appropriate procedures for the agreement in Washington is his candidacy for the Ukraine ambassador’s position in the United States will continue,” the President said.
The Heritage of Markarova
Oksana Markarova has been a Ukraine ambassador to the United States for four years. Among his main posts in the post, he noted five additional US budgets for over $ 100 billion for Ukraine, strengthened military policy and penalties, expanding regional partnerships, creating a Ukraine House house in Washington and maintaining a Bicaparty support of Ukraine in Congress.
“The main thing is to create, maintain and increase the two -party support of Ukraine in Congress and among the Americans. Even today in the United States there are many friends and allies, who, after all, appreciate Ukrain and Ukrainians, protect our common interests and strive to build a world where such aggression as a way of Russia will need a great way,” Markava said.
He wanted the success of his successor Olga Stefanishina and promised to help him at work.
“After all, the success of the Ukrainian ambassador in Washington is the success of Ukraine,” Marcarova emphasized.
In the coming weeks, the diplomat will complete the transfer of cases and hold farewell meetings in Washington. In the future, Markarova plans to continue activities as chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine House, a member of the Kiev-Mogilyansk Academy council and the Assistant Museum-Archive of the press.
Marcarova himself is not always proud of his purity in the USA. At the height of the September 2024 election campaign, GOAD spokesman for House of US representatives Mike Johnson wrote a letter to the Zelensky President with ultimatum requirements for the dismissal of Marcarova.
Johnson called the motive for his ultimate demand during the President of Ukraine’s visit to the United States – visiting them the making of shells in Pennsylvania.
“The Markarova’s ambassador organized an event where you visited the American production facility with the main staff, chaired by the leading with Kamaly Harris. Johnson.
The spokesman emphasized that from now on, “Republicans have lost confidence in the Markarova’s ambassador’s ability to faithfully and effectively perform diplomatic operating in the United States.”
Screnton, where Zelensky visits the plant, is the town of President Joe Biden, and Pennsylvania is mostly major in states that decide on the outcome of the president’s election. In Zelensky’s Screnton, state governor Josh Shapiro, senator from Pennsylvania Bob Casey and congressman Matt Cartreite were identified. They are all Democrats.
Stefanishina scandals
Since September 2024, Olga Stefanishina has been a minister for European and Euro -atlantic union of Ukraine – Ukraine’s justice minister.
In July 2025, SAP was found to have opened criminal proceedings against Stepanishina for suspicion of abusing power or official position.
On June 4, Ukrainian reality published an investigation according to which Arma referred to the company to manage the House of Trade Unions at Kyiv, which could be connected to ex -Husband Stephanishina. This investigation said the fourth expensive ownership received by a company. Stefanishina has confirmed that she is not related to ex-spray activities.
And in June 2025, Hromadske learned that in October 2022, Stefanishina, Nadezhda Kravets, got a three -bedroom apartment with an area of nearly 100 square meters. M in LCD Lviv Square in the middle of Kyiv. Moreover, as experts claim, the transaction is conducted at a low price. According to journalists, Kravets officially bought an apartment for 3,042,692 UAH (about $ 83,205 at the time of purchase). At the same time, as experts say, the minimum price from the developer for the three -side apartment in the LVIV Square LCD at that time began from 12 million hryvnias ($ 300,110). According to Hromadske, as a result, Kravets managed to buy LCD housing almost four times cheaper than market value.
At the same time, as mentioned by journalists, Deputy Prime Minister Stefanishina said the mother’s apartment was not indicated, though she announced another Mother’s apartment in Kyiv with an area of 74 square meters. m.
On July 3, in an interview with the Buhal project.info, Stefanishina said her parents invested money in a Lviv Square apartment in Kyiv in 2019, when a square meter cost 29 thousand hryvnias.
For this reason, the minister claimed, his parents bought selected housing nearly four times below the market price.
As a confirmation of his words, Stepanishin showed reporters an agreement proving his parents invested in the apartment back in 2019 – and through installations.
In addition, the official said his father’s companies have also worked in recent years and have not really brought a huge profit, but at the same time the business has previously “been benefiting”, and the money for real estate has accumulated since.
Source: korrespondent
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